IAIT-A-1

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fabric type	IAIT-A-1
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Monte Iato / Iaitas
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	Dark pinkish clay, coarse and granular, with a good amount of visible inclusions of small and big size and of reddish or white-yellowish colour
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	2.5 YR 6/6
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	very hard
porosity	void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0.08-1.31 (channel lenght)
inclusions	length: 0.04-1.59
sorting	well sorted sand in different compositions
	Inclusions
quartz	infrequent, well rounded; rounded, very spherical; subspherical, whitish or transparent, 0.08-0.16-40
calciumcarbonate	frequent/infrequent, well rounded, very spherical, white, 0.04-08-0.40
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, well rounded; rounded, very spherical, white/yellowish, 0.04-0.40
black iron oxide concretions	singular, well rounded, elongate, brownish black, 0.24
red iron oxide concretions	sporadic, subangular, spherical, dark red, 0.08-0.32
reddish inclusions	frequent, subrounded; subangular, spherical; subspherical, red, 0.04-08-0.40
more inclusions2	frequent, rounded, very spherical, orangish/pinkish, 0.08-0.56-60
more inclusions3	frequent, well rounded; rounded, very spherical; linear, yellow /light yellow, 0.16-0.83-1.59

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vessel form type	Amphora Western Greek, Gassner rim 3-4
fragmentation	rim
dimensions	height: 4cm
surface description	slipped traces of pink slip inside/outside 7.5 YR 8/3
chronology of object	Greek 510-450
publication	Entella II (forthcoming)
drawing
	Context Data
site of discovery	Entella Survey
registration code of context	UT 236
registration code of object	Inv. 2002

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applied method for sample analysis	thin section
analysis author	Montana/Randazzo
sample taken	February 2019, by Alessandro Corretti, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
sample no	M 187/47 representative sample for IAIT-A-1
status of sample	whole sample available

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sample number	M 187/47
inventory number	Inv. 2002 UT 236
analysis author	Giuseppe Montana - Luciana Randazzo
email	giuseppe.montana@unipa.it; luciana.randazzo@unical.it
institution	University of Palermo - Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM); University of Calabria Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra (DiBEST):
	Inclusions Microstructure
distribution	moderately homogeneous
packing	high (20-30%)
size	prevalent: very fine (0.04-0.1mm), fine (0.1-0.2mm) common: medium (0.2-0.5mm) sporadic: coarse (0.5-2mm)
roundness	angular
sorting	scarce-serial
maximum grain size	0.8
	Mineral Inclusions
common	Monocrystalline Quartz
sporadic	Polycrystalline Quartz, Muscovite
	Rock Fragments
rare	Sedimentary (Sandstone)
	Other Compositional & Textural Features
prevalent	Microfossils (Benthic Foraminifera), Micritic Clots
quartz grain prevailing roundness	angular
	Coating / Slipping
thickness
conservation status
	Texture
homogenity	moderately homogeneous patchy: frequent
optical activity	inactive
color
degree of sintering	well sintered
	Porosity
abundance of voids/pores	medium (10-30%)
orientation	none
prevalent	tiny (<0.01mm), small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), large (>1mm), irregular, rounded, cast
	Composition
clay composition	ca-rich
	Interpretation
estimated firing temperature	well fired
modelling of raw clay	use of wheel
refinement of raw clay	acceptable
refinement of temper	sieved natural sand